I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 175

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Episode 175
Ep. 175
– Son, you don’t have any friends.
“….”
Mother, I’m still Ilgyeok!
Ihyeon couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion at Minjeong’s matter-of-fact question.
Ilgyeok, a premier socialite who had no fewer than five people registered in his system friend list, not counting actual real-world friends!
“I made a friend. Not long ago.”
Even so, Ihyeon deeply reflected on his predicament—that this was all he could say.
– Hmm, really? A woman?
And once again, Minjeong brought tears to Ihyeon’s eyes.
Perhaps the strongest person in the world wasn’t Ilgyeok, but his mother.
And if she was Ilgyeok’s mother, there was nothing more to say.
“…It’s a man.”
– What about Jia and Elsie?
“Yes.”
– So why are you asking permission for an overnight stay when you’re already grown?
‘You say everything, and now you come back with this!’
Somehow, the call felt like it had left nothing but wounds on Ihyeon, but in any case, he had obtained his parents’ permission for the overnight stay.
The Spirits excitedly rushed back to the dining table, and Ihyeon followed Deokhuun’s guidance toward the room attached to the warehouse.
Throughout all this, the ice cream continued to be refilled, but Ihyeon decided not to worry about it anymore.
‘It seems I could cover all the ice cream costs with the commission from selling just one leather hide.’
Now he roughly understood why Deokhuun had prepared such a lavish spread.
Oh, and Deokhuun had also collected a few more byproducts from Behemoth, Amogratl, and Pulisto.
Something about rowing as hard as you can when the tide comes in.
And by the time those items were registered at the auction house, they had arrived at the warehouse room.
According to Deokhuun, it was just a room where he’d take brief breaks while working, so Ihyeon hadn’t held high expectations.
Creak—
“Humble though it may be, please come in. I believe you’ll find it quite comfortable for a night’s stay.”
“…?”
As the shabby door opened, Ihyeon found himself speechless at the new world that unfolded before him.
Then, with a newfound expression, he asked Deokhuun.
“So you really are from a wealthy family?”
“Haha, I’ve filled most of this with money I earned myself.”
Ihyeon began to think that byproduct sales and being a Tower consultant might actually be quite a lucrative profession.
Though Deokhuun certainly had an advantage, dealing directly with the System rather than through typical supply chains.
The room Deokhuun had called humble was equipped with luxury facilities that rivaled a hotel suite.
Marble flooring, top-of-the-line appliances from various companies, and the kitchen displayed wine bottles neatly arranged in a cabinet….
“I sometimes invite clients over to discuss business matters, so it’s quite important to present a certain image on those occasions.”
Hearing Deokhuun explain it this way, Ihyeon found himself nodding in understanding.
They say you shouldn’t judge people by their appearance, but it was still an element that couldn’t be entirely dismissed.
In any case, I hadn’t come here to tour Deokhuun’s room, so now was the time to refocus on the auction house situation.
Plush—!
“…How much is this sofa?”
To do that, I perched my rear end lightly on the sofa, and what do you know.
The plush sofa wrapped around my entire body like a black hole, embracing me in comfort.
It was as if the sofa whispered, ‘You don’t need to work, you’re already the best!’
Deokhuun laughed and countered.
“Are you curious?”
“…No.”
I figured it was better not to know.
But I made a decision.
‘Our next sofa will be this one!’
I’d get one exactly like Deokhuun’s.
I’d already felt the sofa’s comfort enough, so now it was truly time to talk business.
Not just about the auction house, but about Ilgyeok’s future direction—there was much I needed to discuss with Deokhuun.
“Oh, hyung. I bought a gaming console recently. Would you like to take a look?”
“…Play Platform 10 Master?”
“Huh? You know about it too?”
Of course, I normally had little interest in games.
At best, I’d occasionally download a mobile game, try it out, and delete it.
But I knew well about Play Platform.
A squad mate I used to live with in the bachelor quarters had bragged endlessly about how much he’d saved up to buy one.
‘He bought a used one for 6 or 7, but 10….’
Games played with dedicated goggles and controllers were a new world in terms of sensation and fun, so I had memories of staying up several nights enjoying them with my squad mate.
That’s why I also remembered the news that the 10 series had come out recently.
“Would you like to try it?”
“Sure, just a taste, nothing more.”
I picked up the controller as if enchanted, feeling the comfortable sofa whisper, ‘You deserve to enjoy games, you’re the strongest Hunter after all.’
“…Wait, does this sofa have speakers too?”
“Ah, I apologize. It’s just an option I added for fun. I’ll turn it off.”
So it wasn’t just whispering—it was actually whispering.
Anyway, the Play Platform contained virtually every famous game.
Among them, the game I chose was naturally a multiplayer FPS.
After goggles became mainstream, the FPS genre underwent such dramatic changes that it became incredibly popular—a choice that wasn’t unique to me.
‘Just a quick taste, really. The auction house won’t show proper activity for a while anyway.’
I began enjoying entertainment for its original purpose, to pass a brief moment of boredom.
And how much time had passed.
“Whew, that was really satisfying. Right, Armor Fox?”
“That was a truly satisfying meal, Elsie.”
Jia and Elsie found the room where Ihyeon and Deokhuun were, patting their full bellies contentedly.
For two Spirits who had lived only in the barren and harsh world of the tower, the sweetness of ice cream was truly a remarkable thing.
Even Spirits who lived by restraint and frugality as virtues were seduced by this bewitching food.
…Though Ihyeon probably wouldn’t agree if he heard that.
In any case, the room the Spirits entered was quite chaotic.
“Um, is this combat?”
“Master!”
At the ominous sounds that seemed like combat was breaking out, the Spirits instantly took battle stances and rushed in.
Though no monster’s aura could be felt, combat wasn’t something that only happened with monsters.
At Ihyeon’s level, people were actually more dangerous than monsters.
But inside the room they rushed into….
“Hey, Deokhuun! Why is your aim like that? Ugh! Left, left! You need to focus on the sound!”
“No, hyung! You’re just too good at this! A person who said they’d never played games before is cutting down rankers left and right?!”
I could see Ihyeon and Deokhuun wearing some strange device on their heads, wildly flailing their hands and shouting at the top of their lungs.
Jia and Elsie exchanged bewildered looks with each other.
“…Hey, Armor Fox, what is that?”
“…I have no idea either, Elsie.”
While Ihyeon and Deokhuun were engaged in a desperate life-or-death struggle within the virtual world, the Spirits, completely unaware of the situation, could only see two mad people causing a commotion.
If I had to find something positive about it, despite Ihyeon using casual speech, the distance that had felt between the two of them had become considerably more intimate.
* * *
“Hmm. So, how are the auction house conditions right now?”
“Ahem, it’s a jackpot, hyung. Items we listed at 200 million are already at 1 billion.”
Ihyeon and Deokhuun sat facing each other somewhat awkwardly.
The thought that the Spirits had witnessed them flailing their arms about like madmen in mid-air made reality suddenly crash back, and the heat quickly dissipated.
…Though even so, their playtime had exceeded 6 hours, and it was now late at night.
So what were the Spirits doing now, the ones who had dampened the two men’s enthusiasm?
“Hey, Armor Fox! Ugh, left, move your left foot!”
“…It’s the right side, Elsie.”
They were also enjoying games in the virtual world created by the Master of Play Platform 10.
However, it wasn’t the FPS game that Ihyeon and Deokhuun had played, but rather a cooperative game that even beginners could clear if they just knew the controls and cooperated well.
The problem was their cooperation wasn’t working well.
‘So I was doing that with Deokhuun just a moment ago….’
Ihyeon felt increasingly complicated watching them, having assigned them the game out of embarrassment at being caught playing.
Especially since his FPS required far more intense movements than this.
In any case, I’d put out the immediate fire, so let’s set that aside.
“1 billion… 1 billion….”
What mattered right now was that unrealistic number that came from Deokhuun’s mouth and that I could confirm with my own eyes.
The Behemoth hide that was listed first.
And the ten other items registered afterward were all confirmed to be monsters caught by Ilgyeok, forming a price range around 1 billion with some variation.
It was a moment that reconfirmed the Ilgyeok premium, even if it wasn’t as much of a bubble as the Goblin bones from last time.
Moreover, it wasn’t just about the price itself.
[ Ilgyeok’s Item Becomes Target of Global Billionaires… Edison Co. Enters the Fray! ]
[ Middle Eastern Oil Tycoon, Asura 19th Bids on Ilgyeok Item. Signal Flare Announcing the Renaissance of the Petroleum Era ]
[ Top 10 Global Companies by Market Cap All Participate in Auction… How High Will the Price Climb? ]
[ Quantum Currency Skeptic, Solium Tedris Also Emerges! Official Auction Participation Announced via SNS! ]
The global billionaires participating in the auction were competitively announcing their bids and flooding the news with breaking updates.
Not only major tycoons, but also mega-corporations whose names anyone would recognize, and even Middle Eastern conglomerates.
In fact, Claude had even called me just recently.
“Yes, Claude?”
– Is this really an item that Ilgyeok personally put up for auction?
“Yes, I needed to dispose of it somehow….”
– Haha, we just bid 800 million!
“???”
– Wait, Claude, someone just called 850 million!
– What, what?
It was to announce that Frontier was also participating in the auction.
Of course, Claude didn’t raise his bid any higher than that.
Apparently, Jenny had warned him that if he pulled off another stunt like that alone, she’d fly directly to Korea and beat him senseless.
Claude tried to make excuses, sweating profusely, claiming he hadn’t acted alone but with another agent here beside him—though that agent was quite disgruntled about it—and he passionately argued that the item was worth that much, but none of it landed.
More precisely, I could hear over the phone that none of it was landing.
In the end, Ihyeon said that since there were plenty left anyway, he’d transfer some for free later to use for equipment crafting, and Claude reportedly thanked him while streaming tears.
In any case, the items that Ilgyeok provided and Bong Jangseondal put up for auction were creating a global sensation, as his actions always did.
Fortunately(?), after reaching the 1 billion mark, rather than fierce bidding like before, the bidders were cautiously probing each other and incrementally raising the price, which allowed Ihyeon to feel less burdened.
Since wealthy people were willing to spend their money on it, Ihyeon couldn’t stop them.
“Brother, but if all of this sells, won’t you become instantly wealthy?”
“I suppose so.”
Ihyeon nodded.
“So what are you planning to do with that money?”
“Hmm….”
It was quite an important question.
The items still piled up like a mountain hadn’t all sold yet, and with just around ten items, he’d already earned approximately 10 billion.
Well, that wouldn’t be enough to match the world’s billionaires who were spending 1 billion per item, but it was clear that he was now in a position where he had to think about what to do with the accumulated wealth.
Moreover, given Ihyeon’s nature of having to hide his identity, he couldn’t spend money lavishly.
…If he did that, it wouldn’t be the Ministry of Defense but Minjeong who would come after him like the grim reaper.

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